it's important for us to use our majority to prevent him from doing that. >> neil: you will use the sequestration cuts that automatically go in effect as the lesser of two evils. accept them if the alternative were to raise taxes. so you're ready for the fire from that? >> well, let's be really clear. the sequester is terrible policy. it was designed to be terrible policy. >> neil: i understand that. but you would accept that over any talk of a tax hike, and so should speaker boehner? >> well, here is the thing. we have already voted twice to unwind the sequester, and it is passed. that was before i got there and neither the senate democrats or the senate wanted to hear it. so the answer is, yes, we need to unwind the sequester. you don't do it by raising tacks-especially given the fact that 50 days ago republicans voted to raise taxes. >> you're dead set against miami talk of revenues and any further discussions. >> listen, we have right now in american history the highest tax revenue we have ever had. now is not the time to turn and say we don't have enough revenue. now this time say how do we